Jacques Cousteau called it the most beautiful island in the Mediterranean and almost nobody outside Italy has heard of it…Jacques Cousteau called it the most beautiful island in the Mediterranean and almost nobody outside Italy has heard of it. Uninhabited volcanic spires, white pumice cliffs, sea caves, cathedral-like rock arches and a single seasonal trattoria carved into the rock. Clear water with grouper and octopus on the obsidian reefs. A source of obsidian traded across the Neolithic Mediterranean, later a Roman exile island. Uninhabited today except in high summer, protected as part of a marine reserve. It stayed obscure because there is no ferry, you can only arrive by your own boat. Anchorage: Day and settled-night anchoring in Cala del Porto and O Francese; entirely exposed, no all-weather shelter. Hazards: No site-specific hazards noted, brief normally. More